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  • The Statman
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    In any case, the TWELVE plus ONE and ELEVEN plus TWO is the answer I was looking for.

    Regarding previous question, I DID reply by PM. I was on the BBC board until it closed at noon, so by definition it was afternoon by the time I answered here.

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  • davis_greatest
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    Sorry, The Statman, I've forgotten my own rule!... Should we be posting answers here or sending them to you by Private Message? I assumed as no deadline was given, it was the former.

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  • The Statman
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    Originally Posted by elvaago
    1 + 2 = 3
    2 + 1 = 3
    one plus two equals three
    two plus one equals three
    Or doesn't that count? ;-)
    Forgot to say, it must not just be simply a reversal of the two numbers being added!

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  • davis_greatest
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    Originally Posted by elvaago
    1 + 2 = 3
    2 + 1 = 3
    one plus two equals three
    two plus one equals three
    Or doesn't that count? ;-)
    Hehehehehe

    minus-fifteen-trillion plus minus fifty-six-quadrillion = minus 56 quadrillion and 15 trillion

    minus-fifty-six-quadrillion plus minus fifteen-trillion = minus 56 quadrillion and 15 trillion

    or

    TWELVE plus ONE = 13
    TWO plus ELEVEN = 13

    ?

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  • elvaago
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    1 + 2 = 3
    2 + 1 = 3
    one plus two equals three
    two plus one equals three
    Or doesn't that count? ;-)

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  • The Statman
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    ROUND SEVENTY-ONE

    This is an easy one, possibly, and I'm not sure whether to post it on the numbers quiz or the words quiz.

    Can you come up with two sums which add up to the same, which are anagrams when written in numbers and also when written in words (in English)? The winning answer is the one with the lowest total.

    For example:

    7+26=33 is an anagram of 27+6=33, and so is:
    Seven plus twenty-six equals thirty-three and anagram of twenty-seven plus six equals thirty-three.

    So this is a valid answer, and would win if nobody came up with a similar answer with a total of less than 33.

    What is the lowest?

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  • April madness
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    Yay, I am finally on the scoreboard!

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  • davis_greatest
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    Originally Posted by elvaago
    Did we stop doing the PM thing to answer things? (I ask because the last two days have been hellishly busy at work and I've barely been here.)
    We didn't stop. Just some people have been forgetting Usually answers should be given by PM, unless stated in the question! I'll try to put a reminder each time!

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  • davis_greatest
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    Hilariously, this was much easier than even the fairly easy puzzle I had thought it was! But out of generosity and celebration for the fact that this site is back up, I shall award a point each to The Statman, snookersfun and April "Ape" Madness!

    I had actually been thinking of something a bit like this:

    ...0
    .0.0.0
    0..0..0


    SO HERE IS THE SCOREBOARD AFTER ROUND 70 BUT BEFORE ROUND 68, APE BREAK MADNESS

    snookersfun……………………….…..32½
    abextra...............................16
    davis_greatest.....................13½
    Vidas..................................12½
    robert602.............................6
    elvaago...............................6
    chasmmi..............................5½
    The Statman……………………..……5
    Semih_Sayginer.....................2½
    April Madness.......................1


    And now I shall post this quickly, before I change my mind... I am already highly tempted to downgrade these to half a point each!

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  • elvaago
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    Did we stop doing the PM thing to answer things? (I ask because the last two days have been hellishly busy at work and I've barely been here.)

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  • April madness
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    oh well, my english takes so much time to write the answer!!!

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  • April madness
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    Originally Posted by davis_greatest
    Then how about Baboon Madness?

    Anyhow....

    Round 70

    Gordon is playing with 7 snooker balls. He arranges them on the floor to form 5 rows of 3 snooker balls in each row. Show how he can do this.
    something like this?

    O_O
    OOO
    O_O

    two vertical rows, two diagonal, one horizontal?

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  • snookersfun
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    I have 6 rows of three balls
    Attached Files

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  • The Statman
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    Originally Posted by davis_greatest
    Then how about Baboon Madness?

    Anyhow....

    Round 70

    Gordon is playing with 7 snooker balls. He arranges them on the floor to form 5 rows of 3 snooker balls in each row. Show how he can do this.
    Well surely in an 'H' shape, viz.:

    O..O
    OOO
    O..O

    Two vertical rows, one horizontal and two diagonals (one /, one \ ).

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  • davis_greatest
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    I expect you're right there!

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